Dual Sensory Impairment and Perceived Everyday Discrimination in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Perceived everyday discrimination is a psychosocial stressor linked to adverse health outcomes, including mortality.

Objective

To assess the association of vision impairment (VI), hearing impairment (HI), and dual sensory impairments (DSI) with everyday discrimination.

Design, setting, and participants

Cross-sectional analysis of the Health and Retirement Study 2006 and 2008 surveys, a US population-based survey that included noninstitutionalized adults 51 years and older. Analyses were weighted to account for complex sample design and differential nonresponse. Data were analyzed between October 2019 and November 2019.

Exposures

Participants rated their vision and hearing, using eyeglasses and/or hearing aids if applicable, on a Likert scale (poor, f

SUBMITTER: Shakarchi AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7545344 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature